Wealth Inequality and Wealth Taxes in Ireland (infographics)

14 April 2026

Oxfam Ireland's 2026 report on widening wealth inequality in Ireland charts a national problem of ever greater amounts of wealth falling into the hands of a few.

Importantly, it also foregrounds a clear solution: wealth taxes. Oxfam Ireland has researched and published models for a wealth tax at different rates to help redistribute wealth back into public hands.

Wealth inequality is a stark problem that is beginning to threaten the foundations of democratic society, yet wealth taxes can offer a powerful route to correction that civil society can mobilise behind.

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